The "people's mayor" of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, announced the exchange of three SBU officers for militia activists, including the "people's governor" of Donetsk Oblast, Pavel Gubarev. Read also: German Foreign Ministry takes up the issue of releasing OSCE observers from captivity in Slavyansk Ponomarev specified that Gubarev is now already in the territory controlled by the militia. "Indeed, Pavel was released.

Early repayment of the Sberbank loan cost Pharmacy Chain 36.6 almost 500 million rubles. At the end of last year, the pharmacy chain did not have a “ultimate controlling owner,” the report says: it was previously controlled by Artem Bektemirov, Sergei Krivosheev and the Hi Capital fund, and in the merged company the majority shareholders should be Ave owners Vladimir Kintsurashvili, Ivan Saganelidze, Igor Zhibarovsky and Temur Shakaya.

07 May 2014, 10:05 / Politics Of the 218 instructions under the “May decrees”, the government fulfilled 121 undefined Vedomosti In order to execute the decrees of President Vladimir Putin dated May 7, 2012, as of April 30, 2014, 121 out of 218 instructions were executed and removed from control. This is reported by the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers. The presidential administration is reviewing reports on the implementation of 17 instructions.

Having worked with the heads of major international companies for almost 20 years, I have repeatedly seen how strong top teams become one of the most important sources of competitive advantage. Research we conducted jointly with Harvard University shows that 35% of investment decisions are made based on non-financial information, and therefore largely intuitively, through negotiations and the synergy of vision among team members.

07 May 2014, 17:01 / Business The Investigative Committee reported details of searches at the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill undefined Vedomosti During a search at the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill (BPPM), investigators seized documents, digital media and took water samples for examination. This was reported by the Irkutsk regional department of the Investigative Committee. The searches took place on May 6 in connection with the discharge of hazardous substances into the plant’s sludge storage tanks.

07 May 2014, 08:39 / Finance ChBRR and Morskoy Bank can continue operating in Crimea until January without obtaining a Central Bank license Vedomosti On May 6, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) decided to revoke licenses for banking activities from PJSC Black Sea Bank for Development and Reconstruction (PJSC ChBRR, Simferopol) and Morskoy Bank (Sevastopol), but these banks can continue to operate in Crimea without obtaining a license from the Russian Central Bank until January 2015, the Bank of

May 07, 2014, 01:50 / Auto The Ministry of Industry and Trade decided not to renew the preferential car loan program this year In the first quarter of 2014, the production of passenger cars decreased by only 2.8%, but in the second quarter the market will decline more Yulia Gribtsova S. Porter / Vedomosti The Ministry of Industry and Trade's refusal to renew the preferential car loan program this year was reported by the department's press service.

07 May 2014, 00:00 Consultant Tips: Composed Teams Sylvia de Vosges Having worked with the heads of major international companies for almost 20 years, I have repeatedly seen how strong top teams become one of the most important sources of competitive advantage.

Let us give in to temptation and enter, at least for a little while, into the terrible but easily comprehensible world ruled by the cruel and hypocritical Masters of the West. They have the Dulles-Brzezinski Strategic Plan, and they, of course, hate Russia / AP The West set the task of provoking Russia to introduce troops into the eastern regions, writes Professor Tretyakov.

May 07, 2014, 09:03 / Technologies Alibaba files for IPO in the US The filing says the internet giant aims to raise at least $1 billion, but analysts expect it to be the "patriarch of all offerings"; the platform for the IPO and its quantitative indicators have not yet been determined Natalya Raibman Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg Internet giant Alibaba, which AP calls "the king of online commerce in China," has filed for an initial listing in the United States.

The Greek port of Thessaloniki attracts Russian Railways (RZD) and its partners more than the Athenian port of Piraeus. "From the point of view of our strategy together with our Greek colleagues, the port of Thessaloniki is of greater interest. We decided not to spread ourselves too thin," Russian Railways President Vladimir Yakunin told journalists on the sidelines of the latest meeting of the CIS Council for Railway Transport in Astana on Wednesday.

Ekaterina Kuzmina / Vedomosti Investment activity does not tolerate a vacuum, and the refusal of American companies to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum ( SPIEF ) will be “filled from the other side,” believes the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov. "This is, in fact, not a company decision, but a forced measure of the company - non-participation under pressure, which they unexpectedly fell under.

Bloomberg Google's unseen presence in the patent dispute between Apple and Samsung in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, has raised questions about the iPhone maker's true motivations among the jury's foreman, former IBM executive Tom Dunham, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The jury on Friday has ruled that Samsung must pay Apple $119.6 million for violating three of Apple's patents.

Spanish oil company Repsol SA has sold almost all of its remaining stake to Argentina's YPF SA, The Wall Street Journal reports. Repsol said it sold an 11.86% stake in YPF for $1.26 billion to Morgan Stanley & Co. After selling the stake, the Spanish company retains less than 0.5% of YPF. In May 2012, the Argentine government seized Repsol's 51% stake in YPF, citing Repsol's underinvestment in Argentine assets.

May 07, 2014, 16:05 / Finance / Management The 25 Most Successful Hedge Fund Managers Earned $21.1 Billion In the Alpha Magazine ranking, the first places were taken by financiers who bet on the restoration of sectors unpopular with investors Mikhail Overchenko David Tepper, founder of Appaloosa Management / Peter Foley / Bloomberg The S&P 500 rose nearly 30% in 2013, but that doesn't mean it was a great year for hedge fund managers.